I wouldn't say they're out of it until Parsons(or someone else) is a Mav.
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I wouldn't say they're out of it until Parsons(or someone else) is a Mav.
[QUOTE]Sources say that Pau Gasol, Luol Deng, Marvin Williams and Anthony Morrow are among the other free agents that Riley and Spoelstra have chased. But Miami -- provided that it can successfully re-sign James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade -- have only limited funds available now to pursue the likes of Williams and Morrow for additional outside shooting. ESPN.com [/QUOTE]
Veteran minimum and a ring Marvin!
[QUOTE]Alex Kennedy: No surprise, but Miami is no longer in the mix for Marvin Williams after using MLE on Josh McRoberts. Miami had met with Williams recently. Twitter @AlexKennedyNBA [/QUOTE]
:rant
[QUOTE]All-Rookie point guard Trey Burke and new Jazz players Dante Exum and Rodney Hood are among 16 players who will begin four days of workouts in Utah on Tuesday afternoon.
Returning Jazz players Rudy Gobert, Ian Clark, Malcolm Thomas and Erik Murphy will also be in the group.
Two other basketball players with local ties
[QUOTE]Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey was a Houston executive in 2006, when the Rockets drafted Novak early in the second round. Novak was deep on the bench for the Houston teams that lost to the Jazz in the
[QUOTE]In Sacramento, Corbin will act as coach Michael Malone's lead assistant. The hire was first reported by USA Today.
Malone and Corbin have expressed mutual respect for each other in the past, and the two coaches share an agent.
It's also a return to a place where Corbin twice landed as a player. Corbin played half of the 1995-96 season with the Kings before being traded. In 1999, he returned to Sacramento as a free agent.
The Kings went 28-54 last season, Malone's first as head coach.
[QUOTE=Xiao Yao You]Ideally he isn't a rotation player. Someone that can step in at times.[/QUOTE]
Even if it's just as a decoy on inbound plays late in the game.
[QUOTE]After losing free agent Josh McRoberts to the Miami Heat, the Charlotte Hornets are pursuing free agent Marvin Williams to take over the power forward slot, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Yahoo! Sports
The Hornets and Williams have discussed parameters of a deal, but no agreement is imminent, sources told Yahoo Sports. Yahoo! Sports
The Jazz still value Williams and haven't given up hope of re-signing him, but his desire for contract security may exceed what Utah's willing to pay, sources said. Yahoo! Sports
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Go Hornets!! :bowdown:
David Aldridge: Hornets pleased with meeting with Gordon Hayward today, but Jazz maintain stance that they plan to match any offer sheet for him. Twitter @daldridgetnt
Rick Bonnell: Re @Adrian Wojnarowski report concerning Marvin Williams: He is coming to Charlotte for a visit. Twitter @rick_bonnell
Tony Jones: Jerry Evans won't be playing with the Jazz for Summer League....He wasn't cleared medically Twitter @Tjonessltrib
[QUOTE]Rick Bonnell: Gordon Hayward has agreed to an offer sheet with the Charlotte Hornets, the Observer has learned. Twitter @rick_bonnell
Adrian Wojnarowski: Charlotte has agreed to a 4-year, $63M maximum offer sheet with Utah RFA Gordon Hayward, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
Aaron Falk: Hayward can't officially sign anything until the 10th. Then the Jazz would have 72 hours to match--and all indications so far are they will. Twitter @tribjazz
Jody Genessy: Sources have told me all along that the Jazz both anticipated that Gordon Hayward would get a hefty offer and that Utah would match. Twitter @DJJazzyJody
Adrian Wojnarowski: Utah's insisted it will match any offer sheet for Hayward, but bold move out of MIchael Jordan. Charlotte is desperate for talent infusion. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
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Unreal! They can have him. Sign and trade maybe?
Chris Haynes: Utah, New Orleans, Brooklyn, Houston have expressed interest in free agent G/F Francisco Garcia, league source says. Dialogue is ongoing. Twitter
[QUOTE]Tuesday marked the first day Snyder got to observe the soon-to-be 19-year-old Exum in an up-close working environment, as the rookie point guard and 14 other players began a mini-camp to prepare for the upcoming NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
So, coach?
“He’s fast,” Snyder said. “I think more than anything he really looks like he knows how to play.”
The new Jazz bench boss liked what he saw in his 6-foot-6 playmaker in pick-and-roll situations, in his ability to distribute the ball upcourt in transition, in the way he was “a willing passer” and, yes, in how he played alongside fellow point guard Trey Burke.
“Clearly, they’ve done a really good job teaching him in Australia. He knows how to play,” Snyder said of the Melbourne native. “There’s an aptitude that sometimes guys (have) — the game comes easy to them — and he’s one of those guys.”
Burke also likes what he’s seen so far in his new teammate, who figures to play with him in the backcourt at times and replace him at the point in stretches. Snyder pointed out a couple of examples of how they successfully worked in unison, passing back and forth in transition.
“I didn’t know him before he got drafted, but he‘s a really good player,” the returning All-Rookie Burke said of Exum. “He has a lot of potential. He’s still young, but his work ethic is going to allow him to continue to grow in this league. I definitely think we can play together.”[/QUOTE]
Sounds good! Time for the next chapter. Let's say goodbye to G.
[QUOTE]Exum, whose pre-draft hype was only matched by his hoops mystique, is just excited to be on the court in an NBA setting. He hadn’t played in an organized five-on-five basketball game since shortly after graduating from his Aussie high school near the end of 2013. Instead of going to college in the U.S., he relocated to Southern California, where he spent the five months leading up to the June 26 draft working out.
“It was good,” Exum said of his Day 1 practices at Zions Bank Basketball Center.
It was also his first real introduction to playing at 4,400 feet above sea level.
“We started just running up and down (and) the high altitude got to me a bit,” Exum said. “But the coaches (were) on the sideline stressing defense. I was trying to stay locked in and get through the practice.”
Exum recently returned from a family visit to North Carolina after a weekend in Utah for his introductory press conference at the end of June, so he hasn’t had a chance to find an apartment. That will happen after the Jazz wrap up their Summer League experience.
Exum hasn’t had much of a chance to get acquainted with his new surroundings in Salt Lake City, either, except for the drive from the hotel to the practice facility. He’ll know that even better after Utah wraps up this week of practices, including multiple two-a-day sessions.
While that settling-in period will eventually happen, Exum has his heart set on Saturday night. That's when the Jazz begin their summer action against Philadelphia at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Dante Exum is still living out of his hotel room and suitcase.
His version of exploring Salt Lake City — to this point — has been the ride to the gym for workouts and back. With him and his Utah Jazz teammates heading to the Las Vegas Summer League this week, he probably won’t resume apartment hunting for at least a few weeks.
One other thing: He has to learn professional basketball, and learn it on the fly.
Since being drafted a few weeks ago, Exum’s life has been nothing short of a whirlwind as he acclimates himself to a new life and new surroundings. But he’s straddled the line of wide-eyed 18-year-old and mature basketball player with aplomb over the past few weeks with both pure talent and the ability to absorb quickly.
As the Jazz prepare for summer league with mini-camp this week, Exum’s been fed a lot over a short period of time. But he’s impressed his coaches and teammates with his willingness to learn, his basketball IQ and the advanced game that made scouts fall in love during the draft process.
"He’s fast," coach Quin Snyder said. "More than anything, he looks like he knows how to play. He kicks the ball head, he’s a willing passer, he knows how to play pick-and-roll. He’s a good player."
As Snyder watched practice Tuesday night, he noted how Exum and incumbent point guard Trey Burke worked well together. Each took turns as the primary ball-handler. Each took turns playing off the ball.
It’s something the Jazz envision during the regular season, their ability to play in the same backcourt in a dual-point guard role. Both will play significant minutes together in Las Vegas. [/QUOTE]
Should be able to throw Burks and G, if they are stupid enough to match, into that mix as well.
[QUOTE]Snyder, however, was emphatic in his desire for both of them to play well defensively, or they run the risk of warming the bench.
"Coach has been stressing defense a lot," Exum said. "That’s what I want to be able to go in and do. I want to go in and play hard. I want to help this team on defense and be able to turn defense into offense. I believe everything else will kind of take care of itself."[/QUOTE]
Trey might be in trouble!
[QUOTE]Most of Exum’s traits have been on display the past few days: His speed in the open court; his ability to get to the rim; and his ability to set teammates after getting into the lane off the dribble.
But for all of the talent, and for his engaging personality with the media, there’s still significant unknown with Exum that can’t be answered simply through workouts. He hasn’t played a fullcourt basketball game since last December. He’s yet to turn 19, and nobody knows how he will react under the pressure of a real game — even in summer league.
Most rookies, though, impress their coaches with raw ability. Exum impressed Tuesday with his knowledge and willingness to play within the system. Both — at this stage — are hard to accomplish quickly.
"He’s a good player and I think he can definitely play together," Burke said. "He’s easy to play with, and I think we could be a good tandem. It puts pressure on a defense when you have two guys who can be primary ball-handlers. It was good to sometimes bring the ball up, or sometimes go to the corner and spot up and let someone else do the work."[/QUOTE]
Trey has a good attitude about it anyway. See how Exum feels about it as time goes by. He's said he wants to be a pg.
[QUOTE]"The Jazz feel like he’s young enough and enough of a hard worker that he will get better," an NBA source told The Salt Lake Tribune last week. "They think he can get better and that he can take a leap forward."
Utah had a chance to extend Hayward in the fall, but the two sides were unable to reach a deal. Now Hayward stands to receive the biggest raise possible.
And the Jazz will have to decide if he's worth the price.
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Huge gamble! You're expecting him to take a leap from very good player to one of the best in the game with the deal. 15% trade kicker and player option for the 4th year too. How much could the Jazz pay this year if they signed him to their own deal for the same amount of money? Would look a lot better to me.
[QUOTE]Exum said he has another Jazz experience he